Why do I get such a low response rate on my discussions?

Same here, I have a few discussions with no response at all, plus there are those with only a few. But it doesn't really make your topic less interesting than others. I think it truly has something to do with the timing. Plus of course the ability of more people to relate to it. You won't really know if the topic is interesting for the general viewers until you post it. There are those with lots of people responding, simply because the topics are general and that there are more people who could get to come across them (because of number of friends etc.) I don't really know how many friends I got in myLot, it doesn't really bother me. What I am after when opening a discussion is to serve my curiosity of how others view my topic. I'm after the interaction and I'm not happy about people typing in one liners to my topics. *LOL* Don't worry, sooner or later your topics would be noticed. Just make sure you add up more interest as possible and interact more with more people. If they see that you're an interesting person, then maybe they'd go search for your topics. *LOL* Good luck to us all. =)